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SOLDIERS AND SAILORS' MONUMENT. 6
I would therefore suggest the erection of a monument in one of the public places of our city, by contributions from all the citizens of the State who appreciate valor.
The base is to be quadrangular or octagonal, as a committee may decide, with spaces for tablets. On one of these let there be cut an inscription of the following nature; "To the memory of the volunteers of the 1st Regiment of Michigan Infantry, who fell at the battle of Manassas, Sunday, July 21st, 1861, in defense of the Constitution and the laws. "
Then let there follow the names of ail who were killed or afterwards died of their wounds. What a consolation this would be to relatives and friends. With what a patriotic pride might a father, whose son had fallen, look upon the tablet and the tapering shaft. Let it be known and said of all such, he is the father of one of the heroes of Manassas. The other spaces might be left for the heroes of future battles.
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